Roman relief portrait by Unknown Artist

Details

Medium:

Lapis-lazuli

Dimensions:

4 x 3 cm

Art Fund grant:

£100 ( Total: £100)

Acquired in:

1966

Vendor:

Trustees of Capt. E G Spencer-Churchill

Hair in ribbon under 2 rows of curls, plaited at back and tied in loop at nape of neck. Closely resembles Sainte-Chapelle cameo identified as Agrippina, wife of Germanicus and mother of Caligula. Subsequently discovered to be a forgery.